Chapter 1009: Crisp

With 2:2 between Sweden and Denmark, the final game of the England group match was halted by Croatia, which led to the conspiracy theory that France won and was eliminated immediately.
In the morning, Aldridge sat in the hotel restaurant and enjoyed breakfast.
Sitting by the window, a simple breakfast and mainstream newspapers were placed on the dining table. Aldridge held a cup of coffee in his right hand and a newspaper in his left to browse the news.
Stella Maggioni came to sit opposite him and said hello: "Good morning, so early today?"
"Well, went to bed early last night."
Aldrich was still reading the newspaper with his eyes fixed, and he replied casually.
Stella Maggioni picked a newspaper and picked it up to browse.
Today's newspaper headlines are mostly about yesterday's Group C match report and post-match team dynamics.
The Italians were eliminated and faced UEFA punishment.
"It should be ashamed for them to obtain the team's access rights in this way!"
Italian national Buffon resentfully condemned the Nordic brothers.
"I don't think I'm talking too much, because the scene between the two national teams that advertise'fair play' really shocked me!"
"Assuming our football is not clean, now I finally see a football that is even dirtier than us!"
"It should be them who are ashamed, not us who have been eliminated! A few days ago, people were still analyzing how likely it is that a 2:2 draw would appear, but when the game turned out to be the case, I couldn’t believe it. Your own eyes! It’s like when they need to make a role model in front of fans all over the world, they really do it! All those who call for a
fair play
should open their eyes wide and see what happens Everything on the Italian team!"
The Italian Football Association President Carraro, who previously announced that Italy will resign if the group stage is out, is out of control: "There is no doubt that the two teams reached an agreement before the game. What is worse is that they did a perfect job and did not stay. The next point is evidence that we can use."
The anger of the Italians has not brought about a substantial change in the outcome, and this time, compared to the "unfair treatment" that occurred at the World Cup in Korea and Japan two years ago, Italy will not receive much sympathy.
To put it bluntly, in the first two games against Sweden and Denmark, as long as they win one game, they will all be promoted!
Since they haven't been able to beat these two teams that qualify together, it is not too unacceptable for Italy to be eliminated.
Their anger will lead to UEFA punishment. After all, the Italian Football Association President is also a member of the UEFA Executive Committee. Buffon's words are too aggressive and cannot be ignored. Routine small punishments and punishments cannot be avoided.
Stramaggioni looked at yesterday's battle report and post-match comments. His breakfast was brought to the front by the waiter. He put down the newspaper and began to enjoy breakfast. Curious about Aldridge holding coffee in one hand and holding the newspaper in the other. Browsing around, what attracted Aldridge in the newspaper? So he looked over the probe and wanted to see what Aldridge was looking at.
The newspaper on Fleet Street, and it is a serious newspaper in Europe.
"The Times"
To be honest, in the past games, Aldridge was not interested in seeing some fierce arguments.
So a lot of newspapers were placed on the table, and many of them glanced at it with a double glance.
But the British newspaper will take him a lot of time.
Fleet Street is the center of European media and can be said to be the European heartland of public opinion platforms, with a huge influence on communication.
The same is true for the football section, and their "star-making" ability is a must.
But Fleet Street is not as dark as the crows in the world.
In other words, it can cater to the public's appetite most broadly.
Focusing on England is not just blind hype and bragging, there are indeed many talented people who use the media platform to follow England and issue constructive and thought-provoking articles.
Aldrich browsed the news before the opening of the European Cup, and also focused on the media of Fleet Street, because Fleet Street is essentially the most concerned about the performance of England. If England goes home early, their newspaper sales will definitely decline, and only England will continue Existing on the stage of the European Cup, Fleet Street newspaper sales will have a higher guarantee.
Otherwise, the mainstream consumer group, would the British particularly care about what other teams did in the European Cup? Once England is out, they won't care who wins the championship.
With this in-depth factor, Fleet Street's reports and articles surrounding England, many of which are for England.
Long-term unrealistic, short-term goals are often the focus of public opinion.
How to deal with France?
How to deal with Switzerland?
Analysing enemy conditions, looking forward to the game, and knowledgeable writers will also be very professional in predicting opponents' formations, how to avoid weaknesses, how to deal with England, let England be vigilant, and so on.
Aldridge is browsing these articles, some of which will enlighten him, and some will indeed give him a warning.
This is completely different from the club.
When he led Millwall to the South, he would never refer to the suggestions and opinions given by the media, and he would even take the initiative to block the disregard and avoid disturbing his own thinking, because Millwall's defeat is the most able to stimulate newspaper sales. , And Millwall lost a goal, may not have a decisive impact on the team a season.
To face Greece, Aldridge must admit that for this European Cup expedition, despite the team’s good record, early qualifying, winning is also convincing, but his thinking is not unified, and there have been no small fluctuations .
This effect is caused by many reasons. The qualifiers in the English qualifiers are smooth, the opponents are not strong, and the gold content is insufficient. What level of team strength is there? The French team has its own problems, and it is difficult for him to defeat the defending champion and represent England. The team has risen to a certain level of substantive level, just like defeating Argentina in the World Cup group stage two years ago. At that time, he would not think that game was a milestone because Argentina was overestimated too much.
At the same time, Southgate's injury retreated. This change requires him to fine-tune the team's tactics. Perhaps this change is not worth mentioning to many people. Terry's strength is obvious to all, but Aldridge is confident. His grasp of details and acuity is worth his vigilance.
Plus the mentality of a group of world champion players and so on.
The seemingly calm Aldridge actually has some hesitant signs.
He knew very well that this was not a good sign.
He needs a clearer way of thinking to stabilize himself. This has nothing to do with whether his emotions are calm or not, but because he is confident in the overall situation.
Play against Greece soon.
The reason for Aldridge's restlessness before breakfast this morning is actually simple.
The offensive of the England team is still based on disrupting the opponent's attack, destroying the opponent's attack, and then quickly threatening the opponent.
Would you like to fight Greece like this?
He has no idea.
If this is possible.
In the original history, why was France, known as the most advanced technical and tactical system at that time, planted? Why did the Czech Republic, where the offensive football was so messed up, fall? Why do the people of the right place and the occupied host Portugal fall twice in a pit?
Interpretation from the overall situation, the Greek team played anti-anti, the opponent attacked, France, Czech Republic, Portugal, three teams with good firepower failed to defeat Greece, and then Greece counterattack won.
Corresponding to today's England, Aldridge's thinking is in trouble, the reason is: how can England compare with France, the Czech Republic, and Portugal simply on the offensive and attacking ability?
More goals does not mean a stronger offensive ability.
It's like Spain being squeezed out of Greece. Greece relies on more goals than Spain to advance. But who dares to say that Greece has a stronger offensive ability than Spain?
At this time, someone sent
during rain
to Aldridge.
It was the "Times" he held in his hand that made him look at it, browsed word by word, carefully pondered its meaning and self-thinking.
The chief sports columnist of the Times, the 52-year-old writer who has spent time writing for the Times in the past 22 years, has published an article that Aldridge could not understand at first glance, because senior writers will show off Talented, like David Miller will throw a Greek philosophy to metaphorically describe what happened in the football world. If you don’t understand philosophical thinking and do not understand, you can’t understand what he wants to express. As for Audridge, he could not understand.
But if someone explains it, he can understand it, and apply it in the field of football, quickly understand it, and understand and think deeply.
Barnes's article refers to a "rule". At first, Aldridge didn't understand it, thinking that it was another kind of rhetoric. Fortunately, Barnes briefly elaborated this "rule" theory in the article.
"In England before 2001, it looked like the best interpretation of the'Quintin Crisp Rule'.
Crisp said this: Never chase the people next to you, hold them down, and let them level with you.
Unfortunately, England was not Crisp for a long time in the past.
They are always those'next to people' who are always dragged down and become the same level as their opponents.
This phenomenon occurs because England’s determination and national spirit cannot perform better than its opponents-no matter who his opponent is.
England is as good as the best and as bad as the worst.
Everything depends on who their opponent is.
Who does this remind you of? Let me give you a hint: It is the end of June and the strawberries are ripening. That’s right, I’m talking about Tim Henman (a famous British tennis player).
Henman, likewise, can compete with the best players, only to lose a little courage. But in the same way, he played against low-rank players like a routine, first won the first set easily, and then began to send opportunities to opponents. Henman never wins easily. He can stage a dramatic scene with any lead in five sets, and then slow down three sets. It seems that this is his style.
The same is true of the style of England, they can hit the opponent's chin, but never step on the opponent's head. They always give opponents another chance, which is a virtue of humanity, which is also becoming a trouble for the football team.
Before 2001, the World Cup, the European Cup, and the qualifiers, England always desperately defeated its opponents. This seems to be commendable, but we have regrets for more than thirty years, even It is in the games we win that we often find that our opponents will be'charged' by the red card, but England will always become a decisive determinant after receiving the red card itself, not to mention the countless defeats at the last minute, all this, All because England is always desperate, facing the strong, desperate to win, and facing the weak, also desperate.
Don't be fooled by scoring goals. England will always score goals, and there will always be games won, so it often leads people to draw a false point of view. In some games where England must win leisurely, in fact, they win desperately, go all out, keep their eyes open, and even lose control. But at least they won, damn, at least.
When people cheered for England to win the game, people probably forgot that before the game many people vowed to win the game, even against the weak, but in fact when we enjoyed the victory, we felt that we were watching the game, and the process was too thrilling. It's the excitement that celebrates after the game, but it's actually a heart gratification: Fortunately, we won.
Here, I must explain that after Sir Hall took office as the coach of the England national team, it was quite similar to the'Quintin Crisp Rule' in terms of building a team, but that was just to put England in the context of the'weaker' role. .
Now that England is recognized as a "strong man", how to "treat bully" after becoming a "strong man", Sir Hall should know how to do it, because Millwall's incomparable success is the best interpretation, but England is not Milwaukee. Yes, England's opponent, Greece, has already understood and practiced what Crisp said. "